Our Activities

Metal Processing

Recycling Lives has within its portfolio a facility dedicated to the processing of ferrous and non ferrous metals (magnetic and non magnetic). The facility is capable of processing recovered materials from all metal categories and is licensed to process ¼ million tonnes per annum.

Waste Management

Within our services portfolio Recycling Lives also offers total waste management solutions. We have the ability to tailor make a package to specifically address your needs. Read More »

WEEE Processing

Nearly 1 million tonnes of WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment) are discarded each year in the UK alone. More than 90% of this is still land filled. This poses a significant threat to the environment if not treated properly.

CRT (Cathode Ray Tube -Televisions and Monitors)

Recycling Lives has developed a unique CRT processing system which safely reduces a CRT to its constituent parts effectively liberating valuable raw materials.

End of Life Vehicles (ELV) - Car Recycling

Recycling Lives launched Autobreakers.co.uk in 2002 as an answer to the mounting pressure to dispose of end-of-life vehicles safely and responsibly. It has since become one of the largest suppliers of used car parts in the country evolving into a new commercial organisation and is now trading under the name Billion Used Car Parts.

IT equipment refurbishment and recycling and asset

A secure WEEE compliant service providing refurbishment, re-use and asset management of IT equipment.

Fluorescent tubes

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Recycling Lives offers good Corporate Social Responsibility.

Recycling Lives operates nationally to provide a wide range of recycling activities to Local Authorities, commercial organisations and the public. Recycling Lives provides housing, training and long term employment in the recycling sector, to people who would otherwise be homeless; including ex-armed forces personnel, probation and those from chaotic backgrounds.

Each Recycling Lives centre provides up to 48 quality en-suite rooms; training and office facilities; incubator units for entrepreneurs in social enterprise; industrial space for our recycling processes and retail space to sell good manufactured by Recycling Lives from recycled waste.

We do not ask for, or rely on 'gifts' from you, as we always pay fair prices for scrap metal recycling, plastic and other recyclables. By selling your waste to Recycling Lives your organisation helps us to be sustainable and you to show good corporate social responsibility.

Our social enterprise 'manages' good Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on your behalf, by ensuring that our recycling activities are carried out by employees that would otherwise be marginalised or even forgotten by society.